> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 410](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355497) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23243-1) LSID 23243-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699596) QID Q1699596 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Melliss, John Charles (fl. 1863-1872), British botanist and commissioner of Crown property, surveyor on St. Helena ca. 1860-1891. **Abbreviated name**: *Melliss* \[standard form in IPNI: *Melliss*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 473; BL 1:91, 308; BM 3: 1284; Clokie p. 209; Herder p. 54; IH 2: 524; Jackson p. 353; Render 1: 498; SBC p. 127 ("Mell."); TL-2/see W. A. Leighton; Tucker 1: 478; Urban-Berl. p. 307, 374. - Candollc, Alph. de, Phytographie 433. 1880 (pl. K). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 109. 1970. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 45 (273 pl. K). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 513. 1977. ### Publications ##### n.5815. St. Helena **Title** *St. Helena*: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island, including its geology, fauna, flora, and meteorology by John Charles Melliss,... the botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss. London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *St. Helena*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar-Apr 1875 (J. Bot. Apr 1875), p. \[i\]-xiv, map, \[1\]-426, *56 pl. Copy*: FI. Botany on p. 221-383, *col. pl. 25-56.* For a slightly more recent account see W. B. Hemsley, Rep. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 49-122, *pl. 18-22, 48-51.* Mai-Dec 1884.